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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Chorus think that a mortal man should "live out his day and night?"
(a) In happiness and lust.
(b) In prayer and song.
(c) In sadness and sorrow.
(d) In purity and holiness.

2. The power of the gods, according to the Chorus, corrects the mortal what?
(a) Women.
(b) Wights.
(c) Wrongs.
(d) Wisemen.

3. According to the messenger, what has Pentheus's mother won?
(a) Power.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Tears.
(d) Ridicule.

4. What does Pentheus hope to do when he leaves the palace in disguise?
(a) Leave the city.
(b) Find Dionysus.
(c) Spy on the women.
(d) Retrieve his mother.

5. In the first line of the fourth ode, how does the Chorus refer to the women?
(a) The wild women.
(b) The daughters of Dionysus.
(c) The happy souls of wine.
(d) The daughters of Cadmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the first messenger describes how the women slept, what word does he use?

2. What does the Chorus refer to as the "sure pledge of death" for Pentheus?

3. What form does the Chorus plead for Dionysus to show up in front of them as?

4. The Chorus says, "I envy not deep _______."

5. What is Pentheus holding is his right hand?

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